Agmatine and imidazolines

"This volume is the result of a conference entitled Fourth International Symposium on Agmatine and Imidazoline Systems (in memory of Donald J. Reis) held on April 9-11, 2003 in San Diego, California"--Contents p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In memoriam: Donald Reis -- Keynote address: relevance of imidazoline receptors and agmatine to psychiatry: a decade of progress / by A. Halaris and J.E. Piletz -- Regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase and agmatine synthesis in macrophages and astrocytes / by Soundar Regunathan and John E. Piletz -- Vertebrate agmatinases: what role do they play in agmatine catabolism? / by Sidney M. Morris, Jr. -- Agmatine: at the crossroads of the arginine pathways / by Joseph Satriano -- Gastrointestinal uptake of agmatine: distribution in tissues and organs and pathophysiologic relevance / by Gerhard J. Molderings ... [et al.] -- Structure-activity analysis of guanidine group in agmatine for brain agmatinase / by M.-J. Huang ... [et al.] -- Agmatine crosses the blood-brain barrier / by J.E. Piletz ... [et al.] --In memoriam: Donald Reis -- Keynote address: relevance of imidazoline receptors and agmatine to psychiatry: a decade of progress / by A. Halaris and J.E. Piletz -- Regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase and agmatine synthesis in macrophages and astrocytes / by Soundar Regunathan and John E. Piletz -- Vertebrate agmatinases: what role do they play in agmatine catabolism? / by Sidney M. Morris, Jr. -- Agmatine: at the crossroads of the arginine pathways / by Joseph Satriano -- Gastrointestinal uptake of agmatine: distribution in tissues and organs and pathophysiologic relevance / by Gerhard J. Molderings ... [et al.] -- Structure-activity analysis of guanidine group i.